David Fry tied the All-Star Game up 3-3 with an RBI single in the third inning off Logan Webb. It was Cleveland’s first tying or go-ahead RBI in the All-Star game in over 20 years.
Here’s the full list:
Steven Kwan enters the All-Star Break batting .352, just the 10th qualified player in franchise history to enter the break with an average over .350.
Here are the highest averages entering the break in franchise history:
Everyone on the list made the All-Star team except Knickerbocker, who was left off in favor of Hall of Famer Joe Cronin, the only shortstop selected to the game that year. Cronin was batting .283 with a .354 OBP.
Josh Naylor has six homers and a .329 BA through his first 20 games of the season.
Most recent Cleveland hitters with at least 6 HR and a .325 BA through 20 games:
Steven Kwan collected three hits against the White Sox yesterday, his fourth such game through the team’s first 10 games.
There have been 67 players with at least four three-hit games through their team’s first 10 games (only seven did it five times).
The others for Cleveland:
Jose Ramirez‘s double off Camilo Doval in the All-Star Game was his fifth career hit in the event, tying Kenny Lofton and Sandy Alomar Jr. for the most in franchise history.
Ramirez went 1-2 in the game, which actually dropped his career ASG batting average to .556, tied for the second highest among players with at least nine at-bats:
Former Indians Joe Carter and Leon Wagner (.455 each) are tied for 10th on the list, but neither played in an All-Star Game in a Cleveland uniform.
The next highest to represent Cleveland in the game is Alomar, who checks in at 18th with a .417 average (5-12).
Mike Zunino collected two doubles and a home run in Sunday’s win over the Mariners. It was just the 32nd time in franchise history a catcher produced three extra-base hits.
Prior to Zunino, it hadn’t been done since Carlos Santana in 2013 at Tampa Bay.
Only two catchers have ever produced more than three:
Bo Naylor and Josh Naylor were each in the Guardians lineup last night for the first time.
They’re the fourth pair of brothers to appear in the same game for Cleveland joining:
Pitchers Gaylord and Jim Perry were also on the Indians during the 1974 and 1975 seasons, but never appeared in the same game.
Dave and Vean Gregg were also briefly teammates in 1913, though Dave appeared in just one game.